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Rogers, [[Arkansas]]. He was close friend of former [[Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]] and a brother of [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Boozman]].
Rogers, [[Arkansas]]. He was close friend of former [[Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]] and a brother of [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Boozman]].
==Political life==
==Political life==
At the time of his death at the age of fifty-eight as a result of a freak accident, Dr. Boozman<ref name=doctor>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/131201082.html|title=Dr. Fay Boozman (obituary), March 28, 2005|publisher=entrepreneur.com|accessdate=May 11, 2010}}</ref> was the director of the Arkansas Health Department. He had first become involved in politics while working in Huckabee's 1993 [[special election]] campaign for Arkansas lieutenant governor. As health department director, Boozman was the front man for Huckabee's Healthy Arkansas initiatives and earned national attention for his commitment to reducing [[obesity]].<ref name=death>David Hammer, "Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm," ''Rogers Morning Times,'' March 20, 2005.</ref>
At the time of his death at the age of fifty-eight as a result of a freak accident, Dr. Boozman<ref name=doctor>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/131201082.html|title=Dr. Fay Boozman (obituary), March 28, 2005|publisher=entrepreneur.com|accessdate=May 11, 2010}}</ref> was the director of the Arkansas Health Department. He had first become involved in politics while working in Huckabee's 1993 [[special election]] campaign for Arkansas lieutenant governor. As health department director, Boozman was the front man for Huckabee's Healthy Arkansas initiatives and earned national attention for his commitment to reducing [[obesity]].<ref name=death>David Hammer, "Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm," ''Rogers Morning Times,'' March 20, 2005.</ref>
From 1995 to 1998, Boozman was a member of the Arkansas State Senate for Benton County in the far northwestern part of the state. He succeeded the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Reid Holliman, a supporter of former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Dale Bumpers]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. In 1998, rather than running for a second term for the state Senate, Boozman was the unsuccessful Republican [[nominee]] against Democrat [[Blanche Lincoln]]. The results gave Lincoln 385,878 votes (55.1 percent) to Boozman's 295,870 (42.2 percent).<ref>State of Arkansas. Secretary of State, 1998 general election returns.</ref> In 2010, Boozman's brother, John, defeated Lincoln for the same Senate seat that he had unsuccessfully sought.
From 1995 to 1998, Boozman was a member of the Arkansas State Senate for Benton County in the far northwestern part of the state. He succeeded the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Reid Holliman, a supporter of former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Dale Bumpers]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. In 1998, rather than running for a second term for the state Senate, Boozman was the unsuccessful Republican [[nominee]] against Democrat [[Blanche Lincoln]]. The results gave Lincoln 385,878 votes (55.1 percent) to Boozman's 295,870 (42.2 percent).<ref>State of Arkansas. Secretary of State, 1998 general election returns.</ref> In 2010, Boozman's brother, John, defeated Lincoln for the same Senate seat that he had unsuccessfully sought.
During the campaign against Lincoln, Boozman came under criticism when he claimed that victims of [[rape]] were rarely impregnated as a result of the crime due to hormanal protection that results from a "true" rape, at the time an opinion he had in common with 2012 [[Missouri]] Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, [[Todd Akin. He later apologized for the statement, saying that it was "not statistically based."<ref name=death/> Boozman, who was strongly pro-life, saw his role as director of the health department as that of a "Christian" and a "servant." Those who worked with him found him "caring, sensitive, a family man [with] a servant's heart, nice, compassionate, principled, and moral."<ref name=doctor/> Dr. Boozman was also a former medical advisor to a crisis pregnancy center.
During the campaign against Lincoln, Boozman came under criticism when he claimed that victims of [[rape]] were rarely impregnated as a result of the crime due to hormanal protection that results from a "true" rape, at the time an opinion he had in common with 2012 [[Missouri]] Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, [[Todd Akin. He later apologized for the statement, saying that it was "not statistically based."<ref name=death/> Boozman, who was strongly pro-life, saw his role as director of the health department as that of a "Christian" and a "servant." Those who worked with him found him "caring, sensitive, a family man [with] a servant's heart, nice, compassionate, principled, and moral."<ref name=doctor/> Dr. Boozman was also a former medical advisor to a crisis pregnancy center.
A Republican, Dave Bisbee, was elected to succeed Boozman in the state Senate. The seat was held until 2013 by [[Kim Hendren]], another Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate nomination and a brother-in-law of former U.S. Senator [[Tim Hutchinson]] and former U.S. Representative [[Asa Hutchinson]] , who since 2015 has been the governor.
A Republican, Dave Bisbee, was elected to succeed Boozman in the state Senate. The seat was held until 2013 by [[Kim Hendren]], another Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate nomination and a brother-in-law of former U.S. Senator [[Tim Hutchinson]] and former U.S. Representative [[Asa Hutchinson]] , who since 2015 has been the governor.